“I wanted to see performance art that I love & that is diverse. It moves, it improvises, it crosses genres & disciplines, it’s skillful & honed but also passionate & exploratory. It doesn’t ask permission, and it doesn’t concern itself with where it fits into the established order. It stays true to its own idea, its own feeling.

The artists I invited to perform with me are some of my favorite local performers. I wanted to make space for us to share our work–not only with an audience, but with each other. And I want our audiences to meet each other. I like collage. I like mixing it up. I like to be inspired, challenged, engaged. I like to perform what I want to perform. That’s what inspired this show.”

Featured Artists

Rachel Shirk loves to sing!Â Starting with children’s choirs & musical theater, and later high school choirs & summer music camps, RachelÂ went on to earn her B.A. in Vocal Performance at Bennington College (VT). While in the Northeast, she had the opportunity to work & perform with internationally-renowned artists Meredith Monk & Ricky Ian Gordon.Â She has performed in both classical & avant-garde settings, from singing with the UT Austin choir & the Fort Worth Opera chorus to appearing in I/O, an interdisciplinary performance piece that took place in an airplane hanger.Â Pocket Lyric, herÂ most recent performance piece premiered.

Photo by: Erin Burrough

Emil Rapstine: Â The Angelus has long remained dedicated to a sound that builds like storm systems and bursts into bone rattling sonic downpours around principle songwriter Emil Rapstine’s melancholic vision. Rapstine’s solo shows are equally breathtaking as he is apt to enthrall a crowd armed with only his angelic voice and droning guitar.

Photo By D. Cropper

Tammy Gomez is profiled in LAS TEJANAS: 300 YEARS OF HISTORY (UT Press), and is featured in “Voices from Texas,” a PBS documentary about Tejano/a poets. She was a Bridge resident artist at Headlands Center for the Arts, and is a Creative Capital award finalist. Tammy received an Austin Chronicle Critic’s Choice Award, dubbing her “Best In-Your-Face Poet (in Two Languages, No Less)” in 1994. She is an inaugural artist on the United States Artists’ USA Projects website, launched in December 2010.”

Sunday, January 16, 2011
4:00 to Â 6:00 pm
Admission By Donation – $10 Suggested(those that need to pay less can, those that can pay more will be encouraged to do so)

ARTS FIFTH AVENUE

1628 5th Avenue

Fort Worth, TX 76104

artsfifthavenue.org

817-923-9500

Arts Fifth Avenue is a 501c3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Partial support provided by the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, The City of Fort Worth, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Addison Oktoberfest

September 19-22

An authentic recreation of the Munich Oktoberfest, this event features almost 30 hours of continuous family-oriented entertainment. Addison Oktoberfest coincides with the opening of the 16-day festival in Munich, Germany.

The original celebration began on October 10, 1810, to celebrate the royal wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxon-Hildburghausen. In 1880, the festival was scheduled to start in September so the festival could enjoy more pleasant weather. Serving special “Oktoberfest” Bier along with incredible German culinary fare, the festival also includes our Marktplatz, music, and kid-friendly options like the karneval, midway games and much more.

All event vendors will now accept Cash, Major Credit Cards and Tasty Bucks at any booth location. What does this mean for event patrons? Fewer and Shorter lines! (Guests are no longer required to purchase Tasty Bucks or Festival Coupons to buy food and drinks), valid Tasty Bucks from all years will still be accepted at all Addison events, including Taste Addison, Addison Kaboom Town!® and Addison Oktoberfest. Note that there will be no exchanges or refunds for Tasty Bucks from previous years.